October 14, 2013
Continued downsizing at Times Co. tower
A lengthy story in Monday’s New York Times about how the Times Co. has shed assets to better focus on its “central product” — the newspaper — left something out:...
Ramirez refuses to sit out
LOS ANGELES — A straitjacket might have prevented Hanley Ramirez from playing Monday, but a little protective padding around his rib cage wasn’t going to stop him. After taking ground...
Dodgers bounce back behind Ryu's gem
LOS ANGELES — There goes the notion the Dodgers only have two starting pitchers they can trust this postseason. Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke are studs for sure, but Monday...
Brooklyn paint dealers say Buffett rolled all over them
Warren Buffett has been whitewashing his spotty role in the Benjamin Moore fiasco. That’s the charge against the folksy billionaire from a number of the paint brand’s independent dealers —...
Livingston excels in Deron's absence
PHILADELPHIA – Deron who? No one seriously will be saying that about injured star point guard Deron Williams anytime soon. But while Williams continues to recover from a sprained right...
My life with Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs' ex, Chrisann Brennan, has revealed the details of the often-explosive relationship in a new memoir.
'Bungled' ObamaCare rollout an embarassment: former WH flack
The rollout of ObamaCare is such a disaster that some people deserve to get fired, President Obama’s first White House press secretary said Monday. “I hope they are working day...
QB greats: 'Insane' for Giants to replace Eli in draft
The Giants draft a quarterback? You’ve got to be kidding. So said several prominent former NFL quarterbacks who, while acknowledging Eli Manning is having a nightmare season, see no reason...
Chevron's landmark lawsuit exposes 'greenmail'
In a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday, one of the highest-profile environmental campaigns of recent decades is about to be exposed as nothing more than a fraud and extortion racket — “greenmail.”...
Why Albany hates sunlight
Albany’s ever productive drapery factory seems to be working overtime and adding new shifts to grind out curtains with more opacity to keep out the sunlight. Sunlight, after all, is...
Obama warns of default, Senate nears deal
WASHINGTON — President Obama issued a stunning warning Monday that the US has “a good chance of defaulting” on its debts, even as Senate leaders closed in on a deal...
Is the media ignoring NYC's black GOP candidate?
Among the leading tropes about today’s Republican Party is that it is so inhospitable to African Americans that no serious black candidate wants to run under its banner — especially...
How one man got rich off the welfare state
From one point of view, Eric C. Conn is an American success story. He opened his business in a trailer in tiny Stanville, Ky. With a keen eye on the...
Mac attack: 'View' watchers tune out McCarthy
Daytime TV watchers apparently don’t like to view Jenny McCarthy. The ex-Playboy Playmate and new “The View” addition has been so wildly unpopular with show fans, they’re allegedly tuning out...
How well do we really know Cory Booker?
Normally the give-and-take of a tough political campaign means voters learn a great deal about their candidates for high office. But not in New Jersey. Polls suggest that Cory Booker,...
Don't expect many answers on 'Homeland' gunshot
"Homeland” fans wondering how and why Nicholas Brody ended up with a gnarly gunshot wound — and in Caracas, Venezuela, no less — won’t get many answers in future episodes....
Now even 'Teen Wolf' has its own post-show chatfest
MTV’s “Teen Wolf” is the latest scripted cable drama getting the after show treatment in what’s becoming a growing trend. The half-hour “Wolf Watch,” announced last weekend at Comic-Con, is...
Why parents go to ethical extremes
What would you do for your child? “Anything,” most parents would answer without a second thought. But in New York magazine last week, Lisa Miller asked: Is that really such...
Carmelo has 'different kind of feeling' for homecoming
Carmelo Anthony’s journey to the NBA began in Baltimore. That’s where his family moved when he was 8 years old. That’s where he became a high- school sensation while at...
Report: NSA collecting millions of contact lists
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has been sifting through millions of contact lists from personal email and instant messaging accounts around the world — including those of Americans —...
Rex hoping to avoid same fate as twin vs. Brady, Patriots
For the better part of 59 minutes, his hirsute twin brother had tormented Tom Brady, had him on the ropes, was already celebrating one of the most exhilarating triumphs of...
Here comes another self-serving Bill Ayers memoir
So we’re supposed to breathe easier now that Bill Ayers says he wouldn’t have assassinated a secretary of defense. The former Weather Underground leader gave this answer during an NBC...
Geno, Jets look forward to 2nd chance against Patriots
The last time Geno Smith threw a football against the Patriots it was intercepted … and so were two of his previous seven throws. The Jets rookie quarterback had a...
Knee injury ends season for Jets RB Goodson
Mike Goodson’s first season as a Jet was a short one. The speedy running back tore the ACL and MCL in his left knee late in Sunday’s loss to the...
Giants staying positive, despite 0-6 start
If you are a frustrated and bewildered Giants fan, you probably want the players to be bleeding right now, feeling your pain, living with your anger, paying for being 0-6....
Giants' Wilson does not need surgery, return up in air
David Wilson’s season may not be over, much to the relief of the Giants, but that doesn’t mean he is ready to return to the field any time soon. Wilson...
On the road with Lee Schrager
Lee Schrager is the ultimate peripatetic eater; a consummate noshing nomad; a true foodie fanatic. As the vice president of corporate communications and national events at Southern Wine & Spirits...
Shumpert lops off flattop in 1st cut of Knicks camp
Iman Shumpert is generating some buzz at Knicks camp. Shumpert’s trademark flattop was conspicuously missing Monday after he had his hair cut short, back to the style he wore during...
Convent fire 'definite arson'; hurt nun upbeat
The nun injured in a Staten Island convent fire was chatty and upbeat enough on Monday to request bedside delivery of vegetable soup — a homemade specialty of the convent’s...
Knicks not rushing Kenyon Martin into game action
Kenyon Martin did everything at Knicks practice Monday. Everything except scrimmage or get the green light to play in Thursday’s preseason game. Coach Mike Woodson said he’ll hold Martin out...
Crazy! Sushi! Cool! Vancouver reinvents raw fish
To hell with mercury poisoning! I’m eight courses into an omasake dinner at RawBar — the new seafood restaurant at the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel (fairmont.com) in Vancouver — and...
NYPD cop jetted off for vacation mid-trial
A sun-loving Brooklyn cop set to testify in an armed robbery trial held up the proceedings for a full week when he jetted off on a Mexican vacation without telling...
Beltran, Ortiz bolster Hall cases with October heroics
The Hall of Fame candidacies of Carlos Beltran and David Ortiz are going to tell us about the power of October. We are going to learn if postseason genius can...
Death takes a holiday: NYC had a murder-free week
Murder took a holiday last week. There were no murders in the five boroughs in the seven days ending last Sunday, the mayor’s office said on Monday. “It’s an anomaly....
Lonegan raps Booker over move
The rough-and-tumble race for the US Senate in New Jersey literally hit home for Newark Mayor Cory Booker Monday — who was forced to explain that he recently changed his...
Anthony Hopkins pens 'Breaking Bad' fan letter
Who knew? Oscar winner Sir Anthony Hopkins loves “Breaking Bad.” The “Silence of the Lambs” Oscar winner wrote a note to series star Bryan Cranston — who starred as chemistry...
Woodson: Shumpert 'has to figure out' Knicks role
Coach Mike Woodson acknowledged Iman Shumpert’s effort sets him apart from Knicks youngsters like Toure’ Murry, Tim Hardaway Jr., Cole Aldrich and C.J. Leslie. But Woodson didn’t name Shumpert a...
Squirrels go nuts for First Lady's garden in shutdown
WASHINGTON – Squirrels are living high on the hog thanks to the government stalemate – feasting on tomatoes from the First Lady’s beloved White House garden while federal gardeners remain...
Boy, 6, drowns on cruise ship
MIAMI — A 6-year-old boy drowned in one of the pools aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship while at sea, the company said in a statement Monday. The Carnival Victory...
It's all fun and games in Congress, until somebody gets hurt
House Speaker John Boehner was wrong — it is a “damned game.” Every child knows it as Kick the Can. In the grown-up version, our country’s financial problems are kicked...
Who's next? Banged-up Bills sign QB Matt Flynn
ORCHARD PARK — The Buffalo Bills signed free-agent quarterback Matt Flynn on Monday in their latest bid to shore up an injury-depleted position. A week after being cut by Oakland,...
Second worker dies during construction of 49ers stadium
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — All work has stopped at the new $1.2 billion San Francisco 49ers showcase stadium while police, firefighters and state workplace safety officials investigate a second deadly...
PBA suit over stop-and-frisk law
The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association is filing a lawsuit Tuesday, challenging a new City Council racial-profiling law to make sure the case is heard — no matter who is elected mayor...
Giants rookie Cox runs solo as absences mount
If only for a day, Michael Cox was the first-string Giants running back at practice. David Wilson was in Los Angeles on Monday, getting a second opinion on a neck...
My sister, Baby Hope
If Baby Hope were alive today, she would look exactly like the big sister she never got a chance to know. “When my mom saw the drawing, she said Anjelica...
With no Nash timetable, Rangers eye Miller
Concern over the Rangers’ calamitous 1-4 getaway is now at least matched by apprehension over the health of Rick Nash, who on Monday was still feeling symptoms from the blow...
Why did Hunnam withdraw from 'Fifty Shades'?
“Sons of Anarchy” star Charlie Hunnam shocked Hollywood when he unexpectedly withdrew from next year’s “Fifty Shades of Grey” adaptation on Saturday. “The filmmakers of ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ and Charlie Hunnam...
1998 embassy bombing suspect arrives in NY
After a weeklong interrogation aboard a US warship, a Libyan al Qaeda suspect is now in New York awaiting trial on terrorism charges, US officials said Monday. Abu Anas al-Libi...
'Walking Dead' returns with record ratings
“The Walking Dead” returned to monster ratings Sunday night with a record 16.1 million viewers at 9 p.m. -- the most ever for an episode of the AMC zombie drama....
Refs won't keep Garnett from going 'full throttle'
PHILADELPHIA -- When the NBA invited the media to meet with the heads of its officiating staff last month, the league representatives rattled off a few points of emphasis they...
Top 5 Comic Con news bits for non-geeks
New York Comic Con wrapped up late Sunday, and while much of the news coming out of the Javits Center is strictly for those whose bedrooms are decorated with Boba...
Jack Clark wants double PED polygraph with Albert Pujols
Someone is lying. And Jack Clark is ready to prove it's not him. Clark, the former Cardinal who recently was sued for defamation for accusing Albert Pujols of using steroids,...
Winners & losers from Jets' defeat: Cro's slow start
The Jets fell to the Steelers 19-6 on Sunday in an ugly game. It is not easy finding winners in this one, but here is my best shot – the...
Biker crew busted on Long Island Expressway
This wild crew of motorcyclists was busted for speeding and weaving around terrified motorists along the Long Island Expressway on Monday, Suffolk County cops said. Swarmed by roaring motorcycles, alarmed...
'Pirate kingpin' nabbed in Hollywood-style bust
BRUSSELS — An alleged pirate kingpin has been arrested in a Hollywood-style sting that lured him from Somalia to Belgium to work on a fake documentary about high-seas crime. Yet...
We'll cop to it: Boston giving us a bad case of Sports Envy
We had a moment like this once. The player’s name was Wade Boggs. The policeman’s name was Lt. Jim Higgins. At that precise moment – just before midnight on the...
Five-year hiatus pays off for Pearl Jam
http://youtu.be/qQXP6TDtW0w PEARL JAM “Lightning Bolt” ★★★ Five years since their last album, “Backspacer,” Pearl Jam still sounds lean and hungry — impressive under any circumstances, even more so considering that...
NYPD cop to Mister Softee vendor: 'blow me'
http://youtu.be/0oRk12hmwuw A female NYPD cop (above) was slapped with a civilian complaint for telling a Mister Softee vendor to “blow me” during an argument caught on video in front of...
Hakeem Nicks 'not buying into' trade rumors
As bad as it has been with the Giants — and it cannot get much worse — can you imagine the mood and the mindset of this team if its...
Kendrick Lamar rap feud in spotlight at BET Awards
If you’re looking to watch the latest chapter in the latest hip-hop feud unfold, tune in to this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards, airing Tuesday, for good old-fashioned bragging and dissing....
Rangers place Biron, Asham on waivers
Martin Biron’s 14-year NHL career might have come to a conclusion, with the 36-year-old goaltender pondering his fate after being placed on waivers by the Rangers on Monday. “I’ll have...
ASPCA hyping ‘Kitten Buddies’ to new pet parents
You don’t need to Google this fact for animal lovers: Two kittens are always better than one! The ASPCA is using Google Offers to hype its “Kitten Buddy System Offer”...
Gronkowski's status hangs over Patriots' success
Even after a thrilling last-second victory, the first-place Patriots have problems. All-Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski, who hasn't played this season following multiple offseason surgeries on his fractured left forearm,...
Firefighters injured in funeral home blaze
Five firefighters were injured battling a blaze at a Crown Heights funeral home, officials said. The flames broke out at the Arthur Brown and Son Funeral Home on Bergen Street...
Look ahead to Nets-Sixers: Pierce gets night off
PHILADELPHIA -- The Nets return to the court for their third preseason game of the year Monday night against the 76ers. Set to play three preseason games over the next four...
Did Michael Jackson sabotage his family?
After a chance meeting as a young fan, Stacy Brown became friends with the bizarre family of Michael Jackson. For 25 years, he hung out at their Hayvenhurst estate in...
Obama pushes to break Treasury default impasse
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called congressional leaders to the White House on Monday in search of a quick end to an impasse that threatens an unprecedented Treasury default later...
Jets lose Goodson for year with torn ACL/MCL
Jets running back Mike Goodson is out for the remainder of the season after tearing the ACL and MCL in his left knee. Goodson announced the injury on Twitter. Goodson...
'Big Bang Theory' is TV’s most expensive ad buy
Geeks rejoice. After seven seasons on the air, the CBS hit comedy “Big Bang Theory” is the most expensive non-sports show on TV to buy ad time on. The Warner...
L.A.'s coolest beards face off
Contestants indulged in the Los Angeles Facial Hair Society's First Beard and Mustache Competition held at the Federal Bar over the weekend.
Brady finds old magic, just in time for visit to MetLife
This may be Peyton Manning’s MVP season, but there isn’t a quarterback alive who makes more out of less than Tom Brady. And now Rex Ryan goes from the Ryan...
Chiefs D has best (two) chances to stop Peyton
Peyton Manning’s imminent return to Indianapolis will get all the attention this week, but the Broncos’ two AFC West matchups with the Chiefs next month are starting to look like...
The cop who's now famous for Red Sox celebration
One irrepressible moment of joy turned an anonymous cop into the face of a Red Sox rally. As David Ortiz's game-tying grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning...
Baby Hope’s mom ‘devastated’
Baby Hope’s distraught mother is “devastated” by revelations that the tragic 4-year-old was tortured by a despicable cousin before he killed her and stashed the child’s body in a cooler...
Netflix in talks for cable video-streaming app
Netflix shares jumped 7.8 percent to $324.36 on Monday after reports that the video streaming service was in talks with Comcast and other cable companies to bring its app to...
Giants have options if they want to trade Nicks
There is a growing trade market for Hakeem Nicks if the Giants are so inclined. And with leaks popping up everywhere on the Good Ship Coughlin, they should be so...
Duran film offers Leonard closure on ‘No Mas’
It has been nearly 33 years since Sugar Ray Leonard and Roberto Duran met in their rematch at the Superdome in New Orleans. It was viewed as one of Leonard’s...
Want to date a ghost? There's a site for that
I'm done with living women. They're so fleshy and warm-blooded and urgh. So I'm switching to the obvious alternative. Dead women. For so long, the deceased babes of this world...
Do DC lawmakers want Wall Street pain?
It’s a game of chicken between Washington and Wall Street — and Main Street investments hang in the balance. As the nation races to the edge of the debt cliff,...
Bob Costas' essay: Redskins name is a 'slur'
The Dallas Cowboys hosted the Washington football team in NBC’s nationally televised Sunday night game, which meant it was “an appropriate time” for broadcaster Bob Costas to wade into the...
Katy Perry sheds bubblegum image on 'Roar'
http://youtu.be/CevxZvSJLk8 If there’s one thing the world doesn’t need from Katy Perry, it’s another album of candy-coated pop songs. Thankfully, the 28-year-old is self-aware enough to know her sugary formula...
Thug shot seconds after attempted bike heist
A would-be motorcycle thief in Brazil who tried to pull off a daring heist at a traffic light was shot by cops seconds later – and the entire incident was...
Shutdown silences West Point Marching Band
New York’s Columbus Day parade headed up Fifth Avenue Monday without its lead musicians as the government shutdown forced the West Point Marching Band to stay in place. The historic...
Search for Madeleine McCann heats up
British investigators Monday made a new push for leads in the 2007 disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann, releasing computer-generated images of a man they want to question about the night...
Pandemonium at LAX after dry ice explosion
LOS ANGELES — Authorities say a plastic bottle containing dry ice exploded at Los Angeles International Airport and caused a commotion that delayed a few flights. FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller...
3 US professors win Nobel Prize in Economics
Three American college professors were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics Monday morning for their work on asset pricing. Eugene Fama and Lars Hansen, both of the University of Chicago,...
New app lets you keep racy Snapchat messages
The whole point of Snapchat is that your messages disappear moments after the recipients view them. But a new app called SnapHack compromises that feature. SnapHack, which launched Sunday night,...
Tourists buy $31K Banksy art for just $60 each
Now this was priceless. British graffiti artist Banksy, whose socially conscious works have commanded six figures at auction, made his biggest statement yet over the weekend — offering his signed...
Woman leaps to her death from luxury building
A woman jumped to her death Sunday night from her luxury apartment building on the Upper East Side, police said. The woman, whose name was withheld pending notification of her...
Pulitzer-winning novelist Hijuelos dies
Oscar Hijuelos, a Cuban-American novelist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1989 novel "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" and whose work often captured the loss and triumphs...
Firefighter arrested in 'bottle stab'
A city firefighter is accused of using a beer bottle to viciously attack a former high-school-football standout and son of a retired FDNY union official who was working as a...
Jackson family's sick rivalries and stolen love
After a chance meeting as a young fan, Stacy Brown became friends with the bizarre family of Michael Jackson. For 25 years, he hung out at their Hayvenhurst estate in...
Baby Hope was tortured before her death: source
Baby Hope was tortured before she was killed, a law-enforcement source told The Post Sunday night. Tragic 4-year-old Anjelica Castillo was at some point tied to a table and denied...
Cops 'lied' to reach arrest quotas
A former city prosecutor wants the Bronx district attorney to probe a team of narcotics cops he says lied on the stand and helped put away innocent people to meet...
First peek at MSG sky bridge seats
Sports fans will be “on top of the action’’ as never before at the newly renovated Madison Square Garden. These never-before-seen photos show the centerpiece of the arena’s renovation —...
Hells Angels rivals set to turn NYC into 'powder keg'
New York City’s biker woes will get worse unless cops increase enforcement — because arch rivals of the Hells Angels are moving in and violence is likely to follow, the...
Plaza wants Citi Bikes out
The Plaza hotel is suing the city and Citibank — complaining in scorching court papers that the block-long bike rack outside the landmark building is a traffic-clogging, advertising-festooned “eyesore.” The...
Disabled principal stuffed away in school's basement
A recently disabled Queens principal has been relegated to her school’s basement — because officials still haven’t installed a wheelchair lift despite her months of pleading for one. Joann Barbeosch,...
Alec Baldwin’s 'left'over whine
Good news, America: No reporters or paparazzi were roughed up or subjected to scary, homophobic tirades during this TV show’s premiere. No flight attendants were at the receiving end of...
De Blasio against campaign donation hikes — unless they benefit him
He’s for limiting campaign donations — unless they’re for him. After a Republican group filed a lawsuit last month seeking to nix the state’s limit on independent expenditures from individuals,...
GOPers eye Donald Trump for governor run
Increasingly desperate New York Republicans, seeking the political equivalent of a Hail Mary pass, are trying to get Donald Trump to run against Gov. Cuomo next year, The Post has...
Gabrielle Giffords attends first gun show since shooting
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY — A smiling Gabrielle Giffords toured rows of tables loaded with rifles and handguns in her first visit to a gun show since surviving a 2011 shooting, and pleaded afterward...
BPA may raise miscarriage risk: study
BOSTON — New research suggests that high levels of BPA, a chemical in many plastics and canned food linings, might raise the risk of miscarriage in women prone to that...
Hipsters forced off floating crash pad
Time for this party boat to ship out. A group of hipsters living on a ferry converted to a squatter-style crash pad — and floating off Brooklyn — has been...
Charter schools get green light — for now
It’s the schoolhouse version of “Beat the Clock.” The city’s Department of Education is giving the green light to open or expand 23 charter schools before Mayor Bloomberg leaves office...
Killer mom might get around Son of Sam law
MINEOLA — It's the hallmark of New York's Son of Sam law and others like it across the nation — convicted criminals should not be able to profit from their...
Search continues for missing autistic boy
Cops investigating the disappearance of an autistic boy swarmed a Greenwich Village address Sunday after a possible sighting. After a man on the street told police that he thought he...
With Ortiz around, Red Sox will never forget '04 comeback
BOSTON — Is there anyone in baseball you’d rather have up in the very situation that presented itself Sunday night than the man who in fact took his turn at...
Dolan comforts injured nun
The Staten Island nun who jumped from a burning convent got a bedside visit Sunday from her boss, Timothy Cardinal Dolan, who also led Mass at a gym packed with...
David Ortiz grand slam stuns Tigers, evens ALCS
BOSTON — Four outs away from being suffocated by the powerful Tiger arms, the Red Sox were rescued by David Ortiz, whose reputation as an October star added another chapter....
Devils shut out by Montoya, Jets
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Al Montoya made 24 saves for his fourth NHL shutout and Evander Kane scored twice in the Winnipeg Jets' 3-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on...
East Side rezoning doesn't equal fast growth
Here’s one big problem with the claim that Grand Central-area rezoning might bring forth a fast-growing forest of new sidewalk-clogging, sun-blocking skyscrapers: Masses of office buildings just don’t go up...
Study looks at nonprofit groups with millionaire CEOs
They work for nonprofits, but their paychecks top $1 million a year. A trio of CEOs from New York-based nonprofits are on an elite list of 11 charity chiefs who...